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nitel l ,Staten interi GAGE M. COOPER, OF PORT HURO N, MICHIGAN.

' Leners Patent No. 88,550, dated Apo-fil o, 1869.

The Schedule referred-to in these Letters Patent and making part of th sama.

To whom it may concern: y

Be it known that l, GAGE M. COOPER., of Port Huron, in the county of St. Clair, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sealed Locks for baggage-ear doors; and I do declare thatthe following is a true and accurate description thereof', ref- `erenee being had tothe accompanying drawings, and

to the letters reference marked thereon, and being a part .of Ithis spe'cie-ation.A

Figure l' is aperspeetive view of my invention, showing the saine sealedf I lfigure 2 isa silnilirview, showing the saine Figure 3 shows my, loaden rivet for sealing.

Lilie letters indicate like parts in each figure.

The nature'of this invention relates to an improved method of locking railway freight and baggage-cars, and sealing the saine,so that the opening of said ears by unauthorized persons can be detected, thereby assisting the revene-otiieers in the prevention of smuggling across the border, and aiding railway-inanagers in the detection of theft from their cars.

The invention consists in -a peouliarly-eollstrueted ringpassing through a slot in the end ofthe bolt, and held in position and sealed by rivets, lnade of lead, or any other soft inet-al that will readily receive the impress ot' a suitable seal or cipher, said rivets being so eonst1ucted,\rith one head, that when in place, the op posite end may be easily headed by upsetting, iu the usual way.

In the drawings- A represents an open ring,

unsettled.

made of fiat iron, the ends lapping by each other a suliieient distance to allow of one or more holes, B, through the sume., directly epposite each other, in each ot' the overlapping ends, to

receive the soft-metal rivets C.

The ends of the rings should be turned slightly outward, as shown at D, the more readily to allow the.

same to enter the slot inthe end'of the bolt; and also, in the joltingof the cars, to prevent the possibility of the bolt coming in Contact with the seals..

In some locks, constructed for a similar purpose, danger of injuring the seals is niet with from their Contact with the bolt. l Y

After the bolt is inserted in its proper place for locking the car, the holes in the overlapping ends of the ring should be brought opposite each other, and the leaden rivets put through them, and riveted in the usual way.

On arriving at its destination, and it is desired to unlock the ear, it is readily done by cutting ofi the rivet-heads on one side, andtaking out the ring. y

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

lhe open ring A, made of one piece of metal, and having the ends D curved outward, as shown, when said ring is used in connection with rivets of soft metal, as and for the purpose described.

- G. M. COOPER. itnesses L. C. HYDE, H. F. EBERTS. 

